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Mac OS X Mountain Lion Downloaded 3 Million Times in Four Days

Sales of Apple's Mac OS X Mountain Lion show no signs of slowing down. On Saturday it was revealed, via a report from online ad provider Chitika, that the new OS made up 3.2% of the entire Mac OS market just 48 hours after being released. And it looks like the sales continued. Between Thursday, July 26, and Monday, July 30, Mountain Lion was downloaded three million times. According to Apple, Mountain Lion, which is available solely as a download from the Mac App Store for $20, marks the "fastest launch of an Apple operating system ever."